敏感 (binkan) conjugation
sensibility, susceptibility, sensitive (to)
敏感 (びんかん, binkan) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 敏感だ binkanda | 敏感です binkandesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 敏感じゃない binkanjanai | 敏感じゃないです binkanjanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 敏感だった binkandatta | 敏感でした binkandeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 敏感じゃなかった binkanjanakatta | 敏感じゃなかったです binkanjanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 敏感で binkande | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 敏感に binkanni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 敏感な〜 binkanna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 敏感なら binkannara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 敏感だったら binkandattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 敏感になる binkanninaru | 敏感になります binkanninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 敏感すぎる binkansugiru | 敏感すぎます binkansugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 敏感そう binkansou | 敏感そうです binkansoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.